Activist Group White Lies Matter Holds Jefferson Davis Monument Hostage
On 4/6/21 at 12:24 AM EDT
A group calling itself White Lies Matter has reportedly stolen a monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and is holding it hostage while threatening that it will be turned into a toilet if ransom demands are not met.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair, which is a chair carved out of stone, was stolen from Selma, Alabama s Old Live Oak Cemetery in March. White Lies Matter took responsibility for the theft in emails reportedly sent to multiple local media outlets.
The ransom the group is demanding is for the group United Daughters of the Confederacy hangs a banner bearing a quote from Assata Shakur outside its headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. White Lies matter is demanding that the banner be hung for 24 hours beginning on Friday, the anniversary of the Confederacy s Civil War surrender.
Sandy Hausman reports
In this 2018 file photo, a visitor eats lunch in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee that is surrounded by fencing and a No Trespassing sign in Charlottesville.
Credit AP Photo/Steve Helber
The court found that the law, which was passed by the General Assembly in 1997, was not retroactive to monuments or statues erected before that date. The statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were erected in Charlottesville in the 1920 s.
In 2017, the city announced plans to remove them, setting off a deadly rally by white supremacists and years of legal challenges. According to the court s ruling, the city had the power to remove the statues all along. .The Statues were erected long before there was a statute which both authorized a city’s erection of a war memorial or monument and regulated the disturbance of or interference with that war memorial or monument, Justice Bernard Goodwyn wrote in the opinion.
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No July 4th Fireworks at Mount Rushmore This Year After Controversial 2020 Trump Event
On 3/12/21 at 6:45 PM EST
The National Park Service (NPS) has refused to allow the state of South Dakota to hold a July 4th fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore this year. The massive national memorial features four past presidents faces carved into the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota.
Although former President Donald Trump held a 4th of July celebration at the memorial in 2020, NPS Regional Director Herbert Frost rejected South Dakota s request for 2021.
In his letter to South Dakota Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen, Frost said that fireworks and COVID-19 pose potential risks to the park and people present. He believes the two would not allow for a safe and responsible event to occur,